Continuity of the four-point function of massive phi(4)**4-theory above threshold

Jan, 2007
23 pages
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  • Rev.Math.Phys. 19 (2007) 725-748
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Abstract:
In this paper we prove that the four-point function of massive \vp_4^4-theory is continuous as a function of its independent external momenta when posing the renormalization condition for the (physical) mass on-shell. The proof is based on integral representations derived inductively from the perturbative flow equations of the renormalization group. It closes a longstanding loophole in rigorous renormalization theory in so far as it shows the feasibility of a physical definition of the renormalized coupling.
  • phi**n model: 4
  • n-point function: 4
  • field theory: massive
  • perturbation theory: higher-order
  • analytic properties
  • renormalization